This week’s wheat/chaff separation process sifts the following from the rock and roll cornfield …
… Tony Secunda, his gangsterish suits and the publicity stunt that backfired spectacularly.
… our old Word magazine pal Rob Fitzpatrick talking about the Japanese composer Michiru Aoyama who's released an album a day since December 2021, each 20 minutes 20 seconds long. And the role of streaming in the ambient music boom.
… the life of Denny Laine and the great “chamber pop” hit he wrote.
... why the Move’s Flowers In The Rain has never earned the band a cent.
… how the death of John Lennon was the dawn of the ‘black border’ magazine tribute.
… Willie Nelson’s way with a middle eight.
… the last men standing in the Band On The Run album shoot.
… is there anyone still on the road older than “the French Bob Dylan” Hugues Aufray (94) and Marshall Allen 0f the Sun Ra Arkestra (99)?
… and mentioned in dispatches - Harold Wilson, Frank Ifield, Ginger Baker’s Air Force, ‘Ronnie & Clyde’ and birthday guest Rob Collis and the best rock and roll movies.
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